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A Dog’s Purpose – Mes vies de chien

I don’t think this movie needs presentation. We all heard of the new jewel Lasse Hallström (Hatchi: A dog’s tale, Dear John) has brought to our theaters this last friday. I am, of course, talking about A Dog’ Purpose. This beautiful movie tells the story of a dog who tries to find his purpose through the many lives he lived.

This movie is pretty well done. One of the main thing I loved about it is definitely the perspective it presents of the relationship that we have with animals. Of course, it is the vision of the dog like in many movies, but the difference is that you can actually hear the dogs thoughts through a narrator. And doing it this way was just brilliant! Cinema is of course about the visual, making people share emotions with the characters of the story through image, but hearing the innocence of the dog and his comments about a situation brings a whole new level of emotional roller-coaster in the game. Seriously, I am never passed from crying of sadness to crying of joy and laughing so easily in a movie.

This may be also caused by the reality of the situations that can happen when we have an animal. Many times in the movie, you can see the dog doing something, reacting to what his owner just said and you can see actually your dog doing it like tilting its head when you ask them a question or coming to you when you are sad and not listening to anything you are saying because they know you need company and this is why you immediately connect with the fictional life of the characters, this is why you forget you are in a movie theater and just live this dog’s lives with him, discovering them step by step. The movie actually makes us see the different purposes of a dog depending of the owner he is in and makes us us understand that they are definitely more to us than just pets.

Now let’s talk about the dogs and the actors. Their relationship has been so well transferred to the big screen. Many times during the movie you can see the actors genuinely reacting to the dogs behavior. It can be as small as a change in the way they look at the animal and this no matter if it is a child, a teenager or an adult! And the best part is that you can see this same thing happening inside of the eyes of the dogs which literally makes your heart melt every time! Also the fact that the shots are not really complex and there’s not so many cuts during the actions makes you appreciate even more the different perspective the dog has on each situation depending of the owner he has and makes you dive into this beautiful animal world.

Now, it’s trailer time, but just a little thing before: go and see it with your family, you’ll enjoy it if you are an animal lover. Just make sure to bring some tissues with you, because I am not kidding, you will cry of joy and sadness at the same time (and you will appreciate it 😉 ).

Ps: If you have seen the movie, I don’t know if it was the same for you, but it was the first time I went to see a movie where at the appearance of the credits, the kids in the theater were laughing and cheering while the adults were crying from the beautiful and touching ending. Was is the same for you?